Music History for
March 29




1902 - Composer Sir William Turner Walton was born.

1936 - Composer Richard Rodney Bennett was born.

1951 - "The King and I" opened on Broadway.

1962 - Gene Chandler received a gold record for "Duke of Earl."

1973 - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone."

1976 - In Memphis, Bruce Springsteen jumped a fence at Graceland in an attempt to see his idol, Elvis Presley.

1980 - The BeeGees were sued by a Chicago man for plagiarism of the song "How Deep Is Your Love." The BeeGees won the case on appeal.

1988 - Madonna debuted on Broadway in "Speed The Plow."

1998 - Shania Twain began her first headlining tour in her Canadian homeland in Sudbury, Ontario.